Zorki 10 (1964-1978)

Zorki 10 (1964-1978)

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Características

Zorki 10 is a 35mm film rangefinder camera made by KMZ and produced between 1964-78 with quantity of 330.000 units.

Thre are 5 types, 4 sub-types of the Zorki 10 and series of camera is Zorki-Automat. It was sold as Revue-10 also. [1]

Selenium meter cells surround the lens. This was the first fully automatic camera produced in the former Soviet Union, as well as the first to use ASA/DIN markings rather than the Soviet GOST numbers, however these ASA numbers were still mostly useless as they didn't match any known film speeds. (Some Zorki 10 cameras apparently had GOST numbers instead of ASA though, as it's shown in a Polish camera manual). The Zorki 10 was evidently KMZ's copy of the Ricoh Auto 35V/Ricohmatic 35.

The shutter release is a small lever protruding from the right-hand side of the lens. Shutter speeds from 1/30s to 1/500s were available in automatic mode. It also provided a B (bulb) setting, though there is no way to attach a cable release. Apertures from 2.8 to 22 with constant shutter speed of 1/30 s could be set in manual mode, intended for use with an electronic flash. Flash sync is possible at all shutter speeds through the PC terminal. There is an accessory shoe provided, but it does not sync with flash.

The Zorki 11 is a Zorki 10 without the coupled rangefinder mechanism, but with distance symbols visible in the viewfinder

Fonte: camerapedia


Especificações

Coupled viewfinder/rangefinder
Viewfinder magnification: 0.65x
Rangefinder base: 38 mm
Lens: Industar-63, 45mm f/2.8 (four element Tessar type), fixed
Angle of view: 51.3 degree
Min. focusing distance: 1.5 m
Shutter: leaf; electronically controlled in auto mode, 1/30 s or B in manual mode.
Exposure meter: Selenium cell meter
Shutter speed range: 1/30 s – 1/500 s, B
Aperture range: 2.8 – 22
Automatic exposure range: 8 – 18 EV
Manual exposure range: 8 – 14 EV
Film speed range: 20 – 320 ASA (14 – 26 DIN, 16 – 250 GOST)
Flash sync: 1/30 s
Film advance: manual
Selftimer: mechanical, 8-15 s delay
Filter thread: M52.5 x 0.75
Tripod thread: 1/4" or 3/8" (depending of manufacture period)
Dimensions: 129 x 77 x 76 mm
Weight: 750 g

Fonte: camerapedia

This camera has fully automatic exposure settings and is designed for using the 35-mm perforated film having 24x36 mm picture sizes. The camera is fitted with an "Industar-63" lens, which is built-in in the between the lens diaphragm shutter. The camera is loaded with standard cassette for 36 frames. M52x0.75 thread on the lens is provided for mounting filters. This camera was awarded the gold medal at the 1965 Leipzig World Fair

Produced: 1964-1977
Name: „Зоркий-10“
Producer: KMZ
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens: Industar-63  2.8/45.
Shutter: 1/30s - 1/500s + B.

Quantity: 332.144 units (all types).

Fonte: sovietcams.com

Modelo

A minha parece ser do modelo PM""70 (a partir de 1975, provavelmente 1976 porque tem o n.º de série 7631287.

Fonte: sovietcams.com


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Prinzflex 500 (1968-1978)

Prinzflex 500 (1968-1978)

#122

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Características

Dixons is a British electronics and photographic retail company, which distributed a number of cameras under the brand Prinz. In 2007, the Dixons name was removed from high-street shops and went entirely online; the shops were closed or renamed Currys.digital.

Fonte: Camerapedia

The Zenit-B is one of the Zenit series of 35 mm SLR cameras, made by the Russian maker KMZ between 1968 and 78. Sometimes marked ЗЕНИТ-B (where B is the Cyrillic equivalent to the roman V), the Zenit-B is an all-mechanical camera. It is very similar to the Zenit E, which was made before it, but lacks the E's light meter. Both cameras are developments of the Kristall and Zenit 3M, and retain several of those cameras features, including the unusual shutter release mounted in the hub of the winding lever. The winding lever itself is restyled, and the camera body much squarer than the older models.

Fonte: Camera-wiki.org


Especificações

More importantly, the B and E have a new 42 mm lens mount (almost always: Nathan Dayton states that a few of each were made with the old 39 mm mount).[1] The 'B' and 'E' also have instant-return mirrors. Neither camera has an automatic diaphragm; the lens must be stopped down manually after focusing. The camera may be found with either a 50mm f/3.5 Industar-50 (Cyrillic: Индустар), with fully-manual aperture control, or a 58mm f/2 Helios (Гелиос) 44М-4 lens with pre-set aperture; the latter has the advantage that the lens can be stopped down without taking the camera from the eye (the lens has two aperture controls; one sets the aperture to a specific f-stop, and the second closes the diaphragm to any set aperture). There are no prismatic focusing aids; just a plain ground-glass screen.
Like the earlier Zenits, the camera has a focal plane shutter with speeds 1/30-1/500 s, plus 'B'. The shutter is synchronised for flash, with a PC socket on the front of the top housing, and the synchronisation delay can be set for bulb or electronic flash with a small lever mounted under the shutter-speed dial. Unlike earlier cameras, there is a flash shoe on top of the prism.
The film is rewound with a simple knob on the left of the top plate; the rewind release is the button in front of the speed dial, easily mistaken for a shutter release. Other features include a self-timer on the front of the body; self-timer exposures are activated with the self-timer's own button, not the normal shutter release. There is a tripod bush (at one end of the base plate, not in the centre).
Most examples have a chrome-finished top housing, but all-black cameras also exist. The camera was sold with a two-part black leather case. The Zenit-B was also sold under various other brand names, including Kalimar, Revueflex and Prinzflex 500.

Fonte: Camera-wiki.org

Modelo

A minha tem o n.º de série 69098610 (fabricada em 1969?). Veio sem lente. Para ser fotografada, coloquei a uma Helios.


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Zenit 122 (1990-2003)

Zenit 122 (1990-2003)

#87

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Características

The Zenit 122 is a 35mm SLR made in Russia by KMZ, introduced in 1990 — one of a long series of Zenits. Lenses have the 42mm screw thread fitting; the standard lens was a 58mm f2 Helios.

Fonte: Camerapedia

The Zenit-122 (read Zenit-12-2) is an amateur SLR that evolved out of the Zenit-E through the Zenit-TTL and the Zenit-12. In essence it's the same camera, although in 35 years KMZ added a TTL light meter, clear viewfinder, design body and plastic controls.

The 122 comes complete with a Helios-44M-5 or -6, or a Helios-77M-4, all of which are of unimpressive mechanical quality (i.e. lightweight and all plastic). The 122's main merit is that it does the job reliably and cheaply, but without the frills.

Some derived models include the Zenit-122K (with K mount), the FS-122 (fotosnaiper), and the Zenit-122B (a stripped model).

Fonte: AlfredKlomp


Especificações

This Zenit model features an ABS plastic body and a TTL light meter, displaying on the right of the viewfinder as red LEDs, for over and under exposure, and a green one for correct settings. (The earliest versions had a system using two red LEDs.) The ground-glass focusing screen has microprism and split-image focus aids.

The focal plane shutter has speeds from 1/30 to 1/500 + В.

There is a self-timer, set by first locking down the shutter release, then setting a thumbwheel on the (photographer's) right-hand end of the camera, and then firing the timer using the button on the front, below the 122 marking; below that is the self-timer indicator.

Fonte: Camerapedia


Modelo

De acordo com o site Sovietcams, a minha é do modelo 3 e deverá ter sido fabricada em 1991. Possui o n.º de série 91071625.
Quando a comprei não trazia lente. Coloquei uma Helios 44-M  2/58, com o n.º de série 8327428.

Fonte: Sovietcams


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Zorky S (1955-1958)

Zorky S (1955-1958)

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Características

Zorki S is a 35mm film rangefinder camera manufactured by KMZ, and produced between 1955-58, with quantity 473000. Зоркий C = Zorki S, "S" means "Sinchro".

It was a redesign of the Zorki 1, with altered top and with flash sync added. The Zorki 2S was a Zorki S with a self-timer added.

There are 8 types and 7 sub-types of Zorki S.

• Lens: Industar-50 50mm f/3.5 (ИНДУСТАР) collapsable
• Lens mount: M39 screw
• Aperture: f/3.5 - f/16, setting: ring and scale on front of the lens
• Focus range: 1.2-20m +inf
• Other standard lens is Industar-22, 50mm f/3.5
• Shutter: focal-plane double cloth shutter, horizontaly moving
• Speeds: 1/25-1/500 +B [2]
• Focusing lever locks on infinity
• Winding knob: also cocks the shutter
• Frame counter: decreasing type, manual reset, beneath the cocking knob
• Viewfinder: simple reverse telescope finder, eye-piece on the right of the rangefinder eyepiece
• Rangefinder: eye-piece is on the back left side of the top plate, yellow rangefinder images, very small
• Re-wind release: turn the shutter release knob to Л
• Cold-shoe
• Flash PC socket: on front of the camera
• Tripod socket: 3/8"
• Film loading: bottom loading, bottom plate opens by a pop-up lever on it,
• Engravings around the opening ring: ЗAКР - ОTKP (Zakr-Otkr = Close-Open). ОTKP is an abbreviation for ОТКРЫТЫЙ
• Take up spool: Special removable type
• Body: metal; Weight: 509g
• Serial no.first two digits show the production year

Fonte: Camerapedia

One camera collector quipped that a Zorki C looks like a Zorki 1 that was "beaten with an ugly stick." The "C" has a taller finder to accomodate the flash sychronizer. The rewind switch is now a collar around the shutter release instead of a seperate lever. It doesn't have a self-timer. Some of camera bodies are covered with ribbed nylon instead of vulcanite and come in several colors. 472,702 were manufactured from 1955 to 1958.

Fonte: Swcornell.com


Modelo

A minha parece ser do tipo 3d. Tem o número de série 56008422, o que a coloca em 1956.

lens	Industar-50(Zorki)
the type made from	1956 to 1958
example of number
minimum found number	56007375
maximum found number	58070499
Produced pieces	Unknown
Rarity	R1
Distinctive features of type
Usual finish style of heads

Fonte: Fotoua

Esta câmara não trazia a objectiva original. Traz uma Industar-61 L/D 2.8/55 com o n.º de série 8399165.

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Zorki S repair
Zorki S disassembly


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Zorki 5 (1958)

Zorki 5

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Características

The Zorki-5 comes in two versions. The first one with a square rangefinder window and Industar-50 both collapsible and rigid lens. The second version is very similar to the Zorki-6. With a round rangefinder window and Industar-50 f3.5/50mm lens. It's interesting to mention, that famous KOMETA camera (never was produced in series) initially had ZORKI-5 name!!!
Produced: 1958-1959
Name: „Зоркий-5“
Producer: KMZ
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens: Industar-50 3.5/50.
Shutter: 1/25s, 1/50s, 1/100s, 1/250s, 1/500s + B.

Quantity: 236.502 units (all types).

May exist variant with name engraved in black Cyrillic letters. At least 2 different body coverings.

Fonte: Sovietcams

The Zorki-5 is a 35mm film rangefinder Leica-derived camera, made by KMZ. It was produced from1958 to 1959 with quantity a 236501 units.

The Zorki-5 is a less known Zorki model. Some collectors consider it (and its successor Zorki-6) one of the best Zorki ever made. The Zorki-5 evolved from the Zorki-2S : but with a longer rangefinder base, an advance lever instead of knob, and a combined viewfinder/rangefinder window, with an adjustable diopter magnification.

The Zorki-5 comes in two versions with 7 types.The first version with a square rangefinder window and Industar-50 both collapsible or rigid lens. The second version is very similar to the Zorki-6. With a round rangefinder window and Industar-50 f3.5/50mm lens. There are at least 2 different body coverings.

• Engravings on the back of the top plate: KMZ logo, serial no. and СДЕЛАНО В СССР ( = SDELANO V SSSR = MADE IN USSR)
• Lens: "Tessar"-type KMZ Industar-50 (ИНДУСТАР) 50mm f/ 3.5 collapsible or rigid.
• Mount: M39 screw mount, filter slip-on.
• Lens release: simply screw anti-clockwise.
• Aperture: f/3.5-f/16, no click stops
• Focus range: 1-20m +inf
• Focusing: coincident rangefinder image focusing. Collapsible lenses have a focusing tab and scale on the focusing helical of the lens. Depth of Field scale; Focusing lever locks on infinity
• Shutter: horizontal travelling focal plane, rubberized cloth double cloth curtain; Speeds: 1/30-1/500 +B; setting: dial on the top plate, lift and turn.
• The shutter dial may be safely shifted to other values even if the shutter isn't cocked. This won't damage the mechanism of the Zorki-5 or any other Zorki without slow speed controls. A secondary dial within the dial itself has an index mark which can be used to reference the set speed.
• Shutter release: located on the cocking lever knob.
• Cocking lever: also winds the film, with a long throw, wide-arc stroke, on the right of the top plate.
• Frame counter: on the cocking lever knob, additive type, manual reset.
• Winding is more positive and shutter cocking will be less prone to error if two or more shorter strokes are made, instead of a single long throw stroke. Two shorter strokes are also easier for the hand than the long throw arc required to fully wind the Zorki-5/6 shutters.
• Viewfinder: coupled rangefinder/ viewfinder, blue rangefinder images, orange glass, very bright.
• Diopter adjustment lever: beneath the re-wind knob
• Rewind release: via a small knob beside the shutter speeds dial
• Flash PC sockets: two, bulb and X, on the left side of the top plate
• Others: Cold-shoe; Memory dial; Tripod socket: 3/8"; Strap lugs
• Film loading: bottom loading like old Leicas, it is necessary to cut the film tongue to make it longer; Bottom plate opens by a pop-up lever on it
• Engravings around the opening ring: 3aKP - ОTKP (= Zakr - Otkr = Close - Open). ОTKP is an abbreviation for ОТКРЫТЫЙ
• Special take up-spool, removable
• Body: metal; Weight: 604g
• Serial no. first two digits correspond to the production year

Fonte: Camerapedia

Modelo

PM1930. Camera identical to PM1920, but with new design of shutter release knob already. Less than 25000 copies released in 1958. An earliest so far known camera has s/n #5812027 (eBay 2012).

Fonte: Sovietcams

A minha tem o n.º de série 5821545 e a lente é uma Industar 61 2.8/52mm de 1971 com o n.º de série 7105315

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Zenit TTL (1977-1985)

Zenit TTL

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Câmara gentilmente oferecida por Ida Brandão.

Características

The Zenit TTL is a 35mm film SLR camera made by KMZ and produced between 1977-85 with quantity of 1.632.212 units. It is also made by MMZ (BelOMO) and produced between 1980-82 with quantity of 1.000.000 units. It belongs to the long lasting Zenit series.

It was an upgraded version of the Zenit EM, adding stop-down TTL metering and a rewind crank in place of the knob. The meter is not voltage sensitive and will work fine with a 1.5 volt alkaline battery.

The viewfinder is blue-tinted and comparatively dim and small (cf. the 'brilliant'-type Zenit E). The central portion of the viewfinder screen has a micro prism in the middle surrounded by a clear matte area.

The camera was also sold by Cambridge Camera Exchange in the U.S. under the label Cambron TTL.

Fonte: Camerapedia

This camera is a Zenit-EM with a TTL meter. The meter is a Match the needle type with a circle between a + and a -. The Zenit-TTL was available with chrome top (several variants of early KMZ with TTL in Cyrillic and later BeLomo) and completely black.

Produced: 1976-1985
Name: „Зенит-TTL“
Producer: KMZ
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens: Helios-44M  2/58.
Shutter: 1/30s-1/500s + B.

Quantity: 1.632.212 units.

Fonte: Sovietcams


Modelo

A minha é uma PM4725 (ver Sovietcams):  The most common version of Zenit-TTL camera. The new style of selftimer lever. Shutter advance, shutter speeds and film rewind heads are new style already. 4 screws in a lensmount already. An earliest so far known camera has s/n #78079809 (Molotok 2008). Some cameras have soviet "Sign of Quality" on an accessory shoe.

A minha tem o n.º de série 80204573, o que parece indicar que foi fabricada em 1980 pela KMZ.


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Zorki 4 (1956-1973)

Zorki 4

Esta fotografia é do exemplar que possuo.

Características

The Zorki-4 was the first of the Zorki cameras to be exported in mass to the west and beyond. Usually this camera came with a Industar-50 lens and in some cases with the Jupiter-8 lens. The first Zorki-4's were engraved, but this changed very quickly. Later versions of the 4 had painted on letters. Usually Zorki-4 has the cyrillic markings but it can also be found with roman letters.

Produced: 1956-1973
Name: „ЗОРКИЙ-4“
Producer: KMZ
Frame Size: 24X36.
Lens: Jupiter-8 2/50.
Shutter: 1-1/30S, 1/60S, 1/125S, 1/250S, 1/500S, 1/1000S + B.
Quantity: 1.715.677 UNITS.

Fonte: Sovietcams.com

he Zorki 4 was possibly the most popular of all Zorki cameras, with 1,715,677 cameras made by the KMZ factory in Krasnogorsk, Russia. The Zorki 4 was also the first of the Zorki cameras to be exported in large numbers to the west. It is a fully manual camera, and does not have a lightmeter. An additional lightmeter may be added by the hot shoe.

When the Zorki 4 rangefinder was introduced in 1956, its contemporaries included the Zorki S, Zorki 2S, FED 2b, Leica M3 (introduced two years before), Leica IIIg, Nikon S2, Canon VT, and Canon L1. The Zorki 4's production run outlasted all of them. When it morphed into the Zorki 4K by 1973, its contemporaries included the FED 4b, Leica M4 and M5, Nikon F2, and Canon F-1 and Canon Canonet QL 17 GIII.

The Zorki 4 is basically a Zorki 3S with a self timer. It retained all of the features and strong points of the 3S. The early bodies have a vulcanite body covering, engraved shutter speeds, and strap lugs. Later bodies have fabric covering and the shutter speeds (1/60 and 1/30 instead of 1/50 and 1/25) are silk-screened. By the mid-1960s, the strap lugs had disappeared.

Variants

The Zorki 4 came in 2 variants the original which uses a thumb wheel to advance to film and cock the shutter. The Zorki 4k included a wind lever for easier operation.

Operation

The Zorki 4 came in 2 variants the original which uses a thumb wheel to advance to film and cock the shutter. The Zorki 4k included a wind lever for easier operation.

Fonte: Wikipedia

Zorki-4 is a 35 mm rangefinder camera, manufactured by Krasnogorsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (KMZ) , (Красногорский механический завод = Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk), near Moscow, former USSR and produced between 1956-73, quantity 1715677. ЗОРКИЙ = Zorkiy, means Sharp Sight. Zorki-4 was possibly the most popular of all Zorki cameras. The Zorki-4 was also the first of the Zorki cameras to be exported in large numbers to the west.

When the Zorki-4 rangefinder was introduced in 1956, its contemporaries included the Zorki S, Zorki 2S, FED 2b, Leica M3 (introduced two years before), Leica IIIg, Nikon S2, Canon VT, Canon L1. The Zorki 4's production run outlasted all of them. When it morphed into the Zorki-4K by 1973, its contemporaries included the FED 4b, Leica M4 and M5, Nikon F2, and Canon F-1 and Canon Canonet QL 17 GIII.

The Zorki-4 is basically a Zorki-3S with a self-timer. It retained all of the features and strong points of the 3S. The early bodies have vulcanite body covering, engraved shutter speeds - 1s, 1/5, 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 +B - and strap lugs. Later bodies (post ~1965) have fabric covering and the more modern base 2 logarithmic shutter speed progression: 1s, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 and the figures are silk-screened. By the mid-sixties, the strap lugs had disappeared.

There are at least 32 types/versions of the Zoki-4 or as to Aidas Pikiotas there are 4 versions and 13 types.

Specifications

• Lens: Zorki-4 was supplied with either a Jupiter-8 (ЮПИТЕР) 50mm f/2, or Industar-50 (ИНДУСТАР) 50mm f/3.5 lens; several other lenses were available. The lens is interchangeable, M39 screw mount
• Focusing: Matching yellow rangefinder images in the finder, ring and scale on the lens, w/DOF scale
• Shutter: Horizontal travelling focal plane, rubberized silk double cloth curtain, speeds: 1-1/1000 +B, setting dial on the top plate, lift and turn
• Viewfinder: Coupled viewfinder/rangefinder, large and bright; Diopter adjustment lever: beneath the re-wind knob
• Take-up spool: special, not captive, there is a small pin for attaching the film perforates on it
• Engravings on the back of the top plate: KMZ logo and the serial number
• Body: Metallic, cast aluminum; Weight: 687g
• Serial no. first two digits correspond to the production year
• As with other Soviet-era rangefinders, the shutter speed selector rotates when the shutter is released, and should not be changed until after the shutter has been cocked. If you change the shutter speed without cocking the shutter first, the setting pin can be broken when you advance the film and cock the shutter.

Fonte: Camerapedia

Modelo
PM1875

The latest known version of the export zorki-4 camera. Smaller viewfinder's window (18mm x 12.5mm or 0.7'' x 0.5''). "Made in USRR" markings silkscreened on the rear plate. May be fitted with black jupiter-8 lens.

Fonte: Sovietcams.com

A minha tem o nº de série 70002324 (logo, produzida em 1970) e veio acompanhada de uma lente Industar 61 L/D (M39 mount).

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Zenit E (Moscow Olympic Games 1980 - type 1)

Zenit E (Moscow Olympic Games)

Características

The Zenit E is a very common Russian SLR camera from the 1970‘s. While some early examples of the Zenit E had the M39 mount, the majority had the much more common M42 one. This opened the camera up to a vast number of non russian/soviet lenses.

Produced: 1965-1986
Name: „Зенит-E“
Producer: KMZ/BeLomo
Frame size: 24x36.
Lens: Industar-50-2  3.5/50 (a minha tem esta lente)
         Helios-44-2  2/58
Shutter: 1/30s-1/500s + B.

Quantity: more than 3 millions units.

Fonte: Sovietcams

Zenit-E is a 35mm film SLR made by KMZ and produced between 1965-82 with quantity of 3.334.540 units. Зенит = Zenit means Zenith, a point in the sky that appears directly above the observer.
The main differences from Zenit 3M is added light meter, mechanism of mirror and cocking lever were changed. The Zenit E does not have aperture automation, and therefore must be used with manual diaphragm/preset lenses or auto diaphragm lenses with an auto/manual switch.
There are many types during its production period.
The Zenit range was quite popular since it was priced moderately and it was offered under several other trademarks or brands as Kalimar, Revueflex, Prinzflex, Photokina, Spiraflex, Cosmorex.

Lens: Helios-44-2 58mm f/2, M42 screw mount, filter thread: 41mm
This is the standard lens, the other standard lens was Industar-50-2 3.5/50
The lens mount was KMZ M39 screw type before 1967 (although it is possible to find M39 within the 1968 models).
Lens release: simply turn to anti-clockwise
Aperture: up to f/16
Focus range: 0.5-20m +inf
Focusing: Fresnel matte glass screen; ring, distance scale and DOF scale on the lens
Shutter: Horizontally traveling, cloth focal-plane shutter, speeds 1/30 - 1/500 +B,
Shutter release: on the winding knob, w/cable release socket. For long exposure in B mode, the shutter release will lock down when pressed and turned ccw.
Cocking lever: also winds the film, long stroke, on the right of the top plate
Frame counter: on the winding knob, additive type, manual reset
Viewfinder: SLR pentaprism
Exposure meter: Selenium cell meter
Film speed range: ASA 16-500 setting: dial on the exposure setting ring, left of the top plate
Exposure setting: Match the needles in the window by turning the setting ring, then read out the speed and aperture
Re-wind knob: on the center of the exposure setting dial, press and turn, it will pop-up
Re-wind release: a small knob beside the cocking lever
Flash PC socket: on front of the top-plate, X sync 1/30
Cold-shoe
Self-timer: activates by pressing the small button above the lever
Back cover: hinged, opens by a latch on the left side of the camera
Engraving on the bottom plate: Made in USSR and KMZ logo
Tripod socket: ¼"
Strap lugs: none
Body: metal; Weight: 916g
Serial no. first two digits show the production year, on the back of the top plate

Fonte: Camerapedia

A minha é de 1978 (número de série 78174521)
A lente da minha é de 1978 (número de série 7840996)


Modelo

A minha é comemorativa do Jogos Olímpicos de Moscovo - 1980


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